The invention claimed is:
1. A composite having a porous carrier and a monolayer membrane containing gelling polymer particles having at least one of a basic functional group and an acidic functional group, wherein:
the gelling polymer particles fill up the surface pores of the porous carrier,
the monolayer membrane has a thickness of less than 5 μm, and
the surface pores of the porous carrier have an open pore diameter of less than 0.5 μm.
2. The monolayer membrane composite according to claim 1 , wherein the gelling polymer particles is constituted by a polymer of a monomer component containing a monomer having an amino group and a monomer having a hydrophobic group, and the molar ratio of the amino group-having monomer to the hydrophobic group-having monomer is 1/95 to 95/5.
3. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the amino group-having monomer is an N-(aminoalkyl)methacrylamide and the hydrophobic group-having monomer is an N-alkylacrylamide.
4. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the gelling polymer particles are particles of a polymer compound infiltrated with a basic molecule.
5. The composite according to claim 1 , containing gelling polymer particles having an acidic functional group and gelling polymer particles having a basic functional group.
6. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein among the gelling polymer particles, a crosslinked structure is formed between at least a part of the gelling polymer particles.
7. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the monolayer membrane contains a membrane stabilizer containing a polyvinylamine or a polyvinylamine derivative.
8. The composite according to claim 1 , containing a titanium crosslinking agent.
9. The composite according to claim 1 , wherein the pore diameter of the surface pores gradually reduces toward the inside of the porous carrier.
10. The composite according to claim 9 , wherein the porous carrier has an OH group or a COOH group in the surface thereof or the surface of the porous carrier is hydrophilized.
11. The composite according to claim 9 , wherein the mean square roughness of the composite surface is 5 μm or less.
12. A gas separation material having the composite of claim 9 .
13. The gas separation material according to claim 12 , wherein the carbon dioxide permeance at 40° C. is 10 GPU or more and the nitrogen permeance at 40° C. is 100 GPU or less.
14. The gas separation material according to claim 12 , wherein a plurality of the composites are connected in series.